Garment-fastening.



PATETED JULY 14, 1908.

M. c. WILSON. GARMENT PASTENING.

PLIOATION FILED MAY 3l,

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'UNITED srnrnspldrnnr ornion.

MARI C. WILSON,"OF NEW ORLEANS, LOU,ISIANA`.

GAnMEN'r-ASTENING.

'Patented July 14, 190s.

application flied nay s1, 1907. serial No. 376,514.

Be it known `that I, MARI C..W1LsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at'New Or? leans, inthe parish of Orleans. and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in.Garment- Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain' new' and-falseful improvements ingarment fasten' ings', articularly hook and eye fastenings, and t einvention is desi ned for use generally wherever it isdesireigl toquickly fasten ortions-or ed es'of a garment, the inventionlfleing.designe .particularly for the-fastening of waists, vforinstance thewaists such as are known as' tightfitting, loose, or maternity waists,although it -is to be understood' that the invention is also applicablefor use in fastening skirt plackets girdlesand the like.

The invention has for itsl primary object, a new article of manufacturewhich is formed` com lete in itself, vand which will expedite andacilitatethe work of dressmakers, seamstress'es, or others, the devicesaving considerable labor in that it can be easily applied and without4the necessity of the operator securing the hooks and eyes or otherf'astenings to the waist or other part which it is desired. to fasten. fl

For a full understandi of the invention and the merits thereofaridi-'also to acquire al' knowledge of the details of construction, ofthe means for effecting the result, reference is' to be had tothefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in' which:

-Figure 1 is an inner face view of one-.em-` bodiment' of my invention.Fig.V 2 is a similar view of another embodiment thereof. Fi 3 is asimilar view of another slightly modi 'ed form: Fig. 4 isa detail viewof one of the.

cloth strips in its-fielded or creased condition,

preparatory to bein vstitched to form one part ofthe complete article:Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view, vthe section.` being aansubstantially on the line 5-56f Fig. 1. Fig. 6 isan enlarged detail viewillustrating the staplingof the hooks and eyes to the two strips of thefastening.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in thefollowing-description and indicated in all the views of the drawings bythe same reference characters. i In carryin out my invention I take twostripsof clot of any kind desired or found smtable, and of anypredetermined length l,and Width, according as the taste or judgment maydictate, and I creaseA each of these strips longitudinally alon thecenter line as indicated at 3. I next fol .the raw edges inwardly so asto' roduce'twoother longitudinal creases 4; IE5

the raw edges of the strips are sealed and se cured between 'the innerfolded edges, next form a longitudinal row of stitching 5 at one edge ofeach of these folded-strips, namely the edge where the first crease wasmade, and I then set in each of' these folded strips, a stay 6 ofwhalebone, feather bone or any other suitable material. These stays mabe of any desired length, within reasonable.. ounds,

y this means, it is evident,

and it isv vintendedthat they shall extend mi dle longituull lengthofthe extend above and below the ends of the' stays, the latter will besecurely held in place. The eyes 10 andv hooks 11 'are then secured,either by stitching 12 or staples 13, in two rows or series along themeeting edges of the folded stri 's' 1 and 2. i

In that form o the invention illustrated in Fig.`1, the eyes 10 are .setso las to project beyond theA margin of the strips, the complementalhooks 11 are set back fromthe edge of the strips a distancecorresponding to the projecting ortions of the eyes, and the eyes andhooks a ternate on .the respective strips, as clearly illustrated in thedrawing. By this means the common type of hook and eye may be employed,that is wlthout any hump or fastening device, and the two portions ofthe garment fastening will be securely held together against casual oraccidental `detachis manifest, will be found particularly useful inmaternity walsts, as the lwaist portions of s in whichA inventionillustrated in 7' extending along .the meline of the stays 6,". and Ithen form anthe strips may be loosened as the Wearermay findconvenient'orneeessary j In that mbodiment of the invention illustratedxin Fig. 3, all of the essential features of the form illustratedin Fig. l are employed, thel only dierence being in the arrangement v'ofthe hooks andeyes,l the eyes in Fig. 3 beingV vall onone strip and thehooks on the other strip. In such instances it willbe found advisable touse hurnped hooks 11, to secure thel pro er fastening. This type orembodiment o the invention may be-made either in facture and complete initself and which will' 'expedite' and render easy the. work of thedressmaker or the like, because it Willonly be 25 necessary to insertthe edges ofa waist `lining or other` garment betweenthe two free edge4portions 9, of two plies each, that are formed in the mannerhereinbefo're set forth, all of the Work of attaching the stays andhooks `and eyes or eyelets for the lacing, having been done before hand.I

It is obvious thatv the invention can also Vbe used in 4the fastening ofgirdles and skirt plackets merely by cutting away the boned portion ofthe fastening. The boned portion `can be used for the'fastening of twogirdles,

andthe remaining unboned portion can be used for fastening a skirtplacket. If an unbon'edwaist fastening-is bought, it is evident that itcan be cut in halves and used for two skirt plackets.

Having thus described the invention, is claimed as new is:

1 As a new article of manufacture, the herein-de'scribed garmentfastening, consisting of what a pair of cloth strips, each creasedlongitudinally at its middle and again creased along two otherlongitudinal lines, the end portions being turned inwardly, a line ofstitching extending longitudinally -along said strips at ing extendinglongtitudinally through the stays, the said lines of stitching extendingabove and belowv the stays whereby to assist in preventing longitudinalmovement there* of,.and fastening devices attached to the respectivestrips and arranged for interlocking engagement.

2. As an improved article of manufacture,

4the herein-described garment fastening. consisting of two folded stripshaving inturned ends and provided withfree edgeportions of two plieseach, a longitudinal line of stitching in each strip, at the oppositeedge thereof,

thereof, other lines of stitching extending longitudinally throughoutthe length of the strips, one of said lines of stitching passing throughthe stay and the other just outside of the outer edge of the stay, hooksand eyes secured to the respective strips, for a portion of the lengthof the latter, the-strips being provided in their remaining portionswith eye lets, and a lacing'adapted to be threaded through said eyelets.l

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' MARI C. WILSON. [i s] Witnesses:

J. DORsAY, A. L.' STEWART lserted and attached, another line ofstitchstays mounted within the respective strips and extending only aportion of the length

